Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

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Minorities in Engineering

in these fields To provide an opportunity for the U.S. Air Force and growing Maui-based technology companies to share their technology and research with Maui students as part of an integrated education program that demonstrates the relevance of science and technology in the community To maximize the impact of this program initiative while achieving cost and time effectiveness for the various partnersThe initial Excite Camp was based loosely upon the following model programs. Attracting Women into Engineering Summer Workshop, Rowan University College of Engineering 1 Outreach Activities by Benet Laboratories, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ramesh V. Narang

An Innovative Approach of Team-Teaching Measurement Uncertainty and Metrology Ramesh V. Narang Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne1. IntroductionMeasurement plays an important role in all steps of the production process. Metrology is thescience of measurement and it is a well-established discipline that is used to gain valuableproduct and process information. To be productive, this information must generate knowledgethat is used as a basis for better product and process design.Much of today’s industry and technology relies on accurate measurement. Manufacturedproducts are measured by instruments to check their conformance to

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Student Teams And Project Based Learning / The Critical First Year in Engineering Education / Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2721: SPONTANEOUS GROUPS VERSUS LONG-TERM TEAMS: ANINVESTIGATION USING COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING IN A FIRST-YEARENGINEERING COURSETamara Moore, University Of Minnesota Tamara Moore is a Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education, her M.S.Ed. in Mathematics Education and her B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University. Tamara taught high school mathematics for seven years prior to pursuing her doctorate. Her research interests include curriculum development, the learning of complex problem-solving in mathematics and engineering, teamwork, and integration of

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Trimble, Arizona State University; Ronald Bengelink, Arizona State University; Valana Wells, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

building risk mitigation exercise, andethics scenario on DVD. There was inadequate time to fully utilize the proposal activity, whichis supposed to be the culminating activity for the course. With minor adjustments to theschedule and content, this course will be an effective required course for seniors to address theABET Criterion 3 and new Dean’s engineering business practice requirements that are not Page 12.82.9adequately covered elsewhere in the curriculum. Page 12.82.10Figure 5. Final Schedule for Fall 2006 Table 7. Summary of Student Survey ResultsSurvey Question

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-895: CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSMENTAND IMPROVEMENTShowkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University Dr. Showkat Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Chowdhury has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and performing research in the fields of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Combustion, Propulsion, Heat & Mass Transfer and Turbulence. Previously, he worked as a Professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and at University of Brighton, U.K. He also worked in the Research Division of Corning

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

also active on the professional level of SAE, currently serving as Past-Chair of the Engineering Education Board and on the SAE Board of Directors (Director term, 2007-2010), and as a Director on the Publications Board. He is also active in numerous committees. Greg joined the faculty at Kettering after serving on the faculties of the U.S. Naval Academy and Lawrence Technological University. He received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991. Prior to this, he worked as an engineer for both the automotive and electric utility industries. Dr. Davis is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan.Craig Hoff, Kettering University DR

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kiefer, Tri-State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2593: PREPARING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS FORSENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS WITH ELECTRONICS COMPONENTSScott Kiefer, Tri-State University Scott Kiefer is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tri-State University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Page 12.1180.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Preparing Mechanical Engineering Students for Senior Design Projects with Electronics

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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International

goals in order to follow the present-day reality that demands increased innovation in enterprises so as to face global competitionwas felt. The introduction of entrepreneurial skills has been an established goal since 1999,but, only after a first external evaluation process was momentum created that enabled this totake place under the guidelines of the Bologna Declaration on the European Space for HigherEducation. Therefore, in the 2002 academic year, a reorganization in the OperationsManagement curriculum took place, bringing together the (not so) classic contents ofdesigning productive systems (both products and services

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University; William Kennedy, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanics

Science for his professional integrity and his belief in engineer’s rights and responsibilities. The physical cause of the accident was the deformation at launch was in excess of the design allowable deformation. The primary cause was an administrative misjudgment of risk assessment and the potential benefits of the Challenger launch contrary to recommendation by the engineers. Page 12.1078.8

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Developments in the Energy Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

isa modern and straightforward method to use in an undergraduate laboratory. Nowadays, most ofthe students possess digital cameras and many have one integrated in their cellphones, whichthey use to photograph the experiment. flame SL U(r) Inner cone α flame Ulocal R Bunsen burner A typical Bunsen burner

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar

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Computers in Education

to enhance their knowledge of both microcontrollers and analog circuits, such as A/DC(analog-to-digital conversion), D/AC and integrated-circuit temperature sensors. The system alsoprovides students real-world examples of microcontrollers application and helps studentsunderstand how a microcontroller, C language programming, and analog circuits work togetherto become an embedded system. In addition, it provides a tool for the students to programhardware specific driver codes and to test the system to meet design requirements. The designinvolves integration of an 8051-based microcontroller, a 12-bit serial A/D converter, an 8-bitD/A converter, an instrumentation operational amplifier, a keypad, and a liquid crystal display.Once the C-language

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Chonacky, Yale University

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Computers in Education

respect to integrating computation, and attempts to outline the common challenges thephysics and engineering communities face and the opportunities they have to cooperate to theirmutual benefit in curriculum development efforts.This paper starts tracing recent physics education developments using data from a nationalsurvey that was commissioned by the magazine Computing in Science and Engineering (CiSE).This publication is co-sponsored by the American Institute of Physics and the IEEE-ComputerSociety, hence its interest in working at the intersection between physics and engineering. Thepaper continues with a description of an effort by the Committee on Instructional Technology –the counterpart to CoED within the American Institute of Physics

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Minorities in Engineering

-learning project inour required one-credit seminar for American Indian students. Students in theclass were vertically integrated in groups to develop an engineering-relatedactivity that could be used by 5th to 8th grade teachers to teach Montana mathstandards. In this paper, we discuss the curriculum for the service-learningexperience, give examples of activities that the student teams developed, andreport assessment results from the pilot test. We are convinced that this approachprovides benefits not only for our American Indian engineering students, but alsomay interest 5th to 8th grade students in studying engineering.Background and RationaleThe seminar component of the Designing Our Community Program requiresstudents to enroll in a one-credit

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

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International

, problem solving and creative skills must also be developed in theworkforce along with an ability to learn and research and think critically13.Adult students are recognised by adult educators such as Malcolm Knowles as havingdifferent learning needs. Knowles argues that adult learners require a differentpedagogy, curriculum design and institutional organisation. In fact, the term pedagogyitself is out of place as it refers to the science of teaching children. Androgogy is theterm which Knowles advocates should be used to refer to the science of teachingadults. Most androgogical researchers advocate according the learner a role in shapingthe purpose and process of learning. This promotes personal development and ismotivating to adult learners

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Bentow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Richard Blais, Project Lead the Way; Laura Bottomley, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Christina Vogt, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

activities organized by ASME was to incorporate gender equityresearch into the Essential Teaching Seminars that are given by ASME for engineering faculty. Current effortshave utilized several on-going ASME activities including the Department Leadership Workshop scheduled forthe spring of 2007 and the Department Heads Forum in the fall of 2007. Topics to be addressed at these andother ASME meetings include the following: • Creating an effective teaching climate in the classroom; • Creating a supportive/effective climate in your department and how to get your colleagues to support this effort; • Effective hands-on pedagogy; and • Enhancing diversity through curriculum reform.These activities are being developed to improve faculty

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina

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Computers in Education

ofthought ignores the realities and interconnectedness of the world. Some writers such as PeterBlewett have expressed dissatisfaction with “professional programs that treated humanities andsocial sciences as an after-thought at best and an onerous irrelevancy at worst.” 2 Others call foreach discipline to recognize and appreciate the value of disparate fields of thought. “Scientistswould doubtless be better people if they were culturally literate, and ditto for humanists if theywere scientifically informed.” 3The importance of a broad based education is reflected in current ABET curriculum Page 12.959.2requirements for engineering and engineering

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University-Los Angeles

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Computers in Education

number of presentation software tools (e.g.Class Presenter, Ubiquitous presenter, DyKnow’s Software, etc.) have been developed to providean integrated Tablet PC-based instruction environment that supports dynamic presentation, real-time polling, on-line coursework submission, etc. B. Simon, et al, have presented their work onusing Class Presenter and Ubiquitous presenter in engineering classrooms4-5. V. Diaz, et al, havepresented how to use DyKnow’s Software to improve teaching efficiency in large classesthrough active learning, practice, and faculty engagement6. Tront introduced an enhancedsoftware tool WriteOn to allow dynamic broadcasting of the computer screen with real timeelectronic ink and synchronized audio7. Most literature reported

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Baibak, Kettering University; Rajeev Agrawal, Kettering University

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Computers in Education

instruction for all different aspects of life. Puzzles to learnlogic, mathematical games to enhance basic math skills, and even reading games to increasereading ability have all been used successfully to teach children the basic skills that they willneed in life. It logically follows, then, that using computer games is an effective way to teachcomputing skills, and utilizing course curriculums that teach how to program computer gameswould invariably teach the basic skills required to program anything.While learning basic programming skills, students who are assigned to program video games willlearn the ability to formulate algorithms to solve particular problems, and will do so not onlybecause are they having fun in creating these games, but they are

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education-HDL

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Gribschaw, D/EECS, USMA; Paul Patterson, D/EECS, USMA; Bryan Goda, USMA

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Computers in Education

and fail to grasp the actual concepts that the software wassupposed to reinforce. One course of action to eliminate this problem is to stream line thesoftware tools used throughout the curriculum. This would require a conscious, program-wideeffort to redesign the course curriculum using only one CAD/E product and is not a feasiblesolution to our problem. Instead, we propose a coordinated software effort within a program andan assessment program geared specifically towards the CAD/E tools used in each course to helpinstructors enhance classroom instruction and out-of-class independent student learning of newCAD/E Software. This paper will focus on the software application Active-HDL, theprogramming language VHDL, and an assessment tool we use

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Anderson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tyson Hall, Southern Adventist University

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Computers in Education

# Curriculum Objectives Fundamental Objectives 1 Demonstrate competence in the operation of Psychomotor software simulation tools and hardware design environments. 2 Simulate quantization noise effects and theoret- Models ically predict quantization noise power spectra at the output of a fixed–point filter. 3 Synthesize basic digital logic and basic DSP Design functions (buffering, table lookup, arithmetic, etc.) in an FPGA. 4 Design filters that meet a given set of realistic Design, Creativity system parameters. 5 Implement filters of various flavors and com- Instrumentation, Data Analysis plexities that execute on an FPGA using dis- tributed arithmetic. 6

Conference Session

Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Buck, Jackson State University

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Women in Engineering

Educational institutions are increasing their efforts to integrate females into non-traditional technical programs. Adjustments, such as curriculum and recruitment andretentions efforts, are being made to ensure that females feel welcome and a part of theprogram’s standard regimen. Industrial Technology stands at the vanguard of successfulparadigms that prepare females in such non-traditional areas as managerial and technicaldegree programs. Marshall (2000)26 contended that the common goals of IndustrialTechnology programs are to increase enrollments and to offer a curriculum designed toprepare students for management and technical careers. O’Meara & Carmichael (2004)34added that emphasis should be placed on both recruitment and retention efforts

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

achieve success.Gender and Cultural Contextuality in the ClassroomSome scholars using surveying data and focus group information have found that while womenthat are both academically and intellectually capable, they lack confidence in their abilities in S& E.6 Reasons for lack of self-confidence included feelings of isolation, negative experiences inlaboratory classes, lack of role models and a cold classroom climate.9In short, current curriculum and teaching practices may leave women in a position where theydon’t “see” themselves in engineering. Classroom examples don’t include them, and for womenof color, the same examples may also be of an exclusive cultural context as well. The picture offuture engineers and scientists seems to be one in

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Rynne, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

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Computers in Education

major concern the excessive emphasis on software to the detriment of basicgraphical concepts, problem solving and visualisation skills 5. This is an integral part of thecognitive part modelling framework proposed in this research. In order to be able to decodean engineering drawing the learner must develop their ability to visualise 3D spatialrelationships. This has been identified as the key skill required for engineering design 6.Current and future engineering, technology and product design graduates will need tounderstand complex modelling techniques and strategies for both solid and surface models tomeet the needs of industry to be competitive in the global marketplace. In a survey of designand manufacturing companies who had a requirement

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Rose Stoakley, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Tiara Turner, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Suraf Cherinet, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Gabriel Ladd, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Harsha Chalyam, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

early detection of crop stressthrough remote sensing. Several preliminary issues needed to be addressed before suchanalysis could be performed. The Terrahawk imaging system integrates a Color Infrared(CIR) Digital camera with a gimball attachment, microcomputer, and a GPS unit. Thecamera is installed looking down through the belly of an airplane. A shapefile of the fieldboundary or shapefiles of region boundaries to be imaged is loaded in the computermemory. As the pilot flies the aeroplane over the field, the GPS unit recognizes that it hascrossed into the field boundaries, and starts snapping images at pre-determined intervalsof time without any pilot intervention. The pilot focuses on covering the region using apredetermined flight path that

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Minorities in Engineering

the most unique: Integration. The goal of SLICE is tofully integrate service projects into core courses of the undergraduate curriculum of everydiscipline of engineering, in addition to voluntary service-learning opportunities, so that everystudent has at least one course with S-L every semester.Responding to this initiative, 25 faculty members actually implemented service-learning into atleast one of their courses during the 04-05 academic year and 34 faculty in 05-06. In 2005-06,over the two semesters an average of 700 undergraduate students participated in S-L projects in52 courses, some with required S-L projects and others elective. This wide variety of coursesincluded, for example, a first year introduction to engineering with 300

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Neville Parker, The City College of The City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

: The duties of the Academic Coordinator are to supervise staff andstudents during off-campus activities; provide academic instruction to students; and consult withthe Program Administrator on curriculum and other activities.Academic Aides: The STI students are divided in groups of 5 to 6 individuals. Each group is ledby an Academic Aide who reports directly to the Academic Coordinator. The academic aides,who served as counselors, were drawn from engineering students at The City College of NewYork. This has been a critical component of the STI, the academic aides constituting immediaterecruits into the transportation pipeline.Faculty/Researchers: A faculty member is responsible for providing daily academic instructionand related activities

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang-Yun Du, Aalborg University; Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University

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Women in Engineering

science and engineering curriculum. They arerespectively 1) the construction of the curriculum with the consideration of the students’ backgroundin light of formal and informal experiences and interests; 2) student/student interactions; 3)teacher/student interaction. Lewis [21] attributes these issues as main reasons that made the traditionalscience and engineering curriculum women exclusive, and asserts that real changes need to be made inall these aspects in order to make the environment women friendly.Gendered proportion is also suggested to be an essential element for the measurement of friendliness ofa learning environment, in that it is an important factor influencing the establishment of learning culture[4]. According to Hayes [10], the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Parten, Texas Tech University; Michael Giesselmann, Texas Tech University

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Computers in Education

Page 12.1066.9 5. M. E. Parten, "A Different Approach to Engineering Laboratory Instruction," Proceedings Frontiers 7 in Education, November 1994, San Jose, Calif.6. M. E. Parten, "Progressive Design for Instrumentation Development in Project Laboratories," 1993 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 1-2, 1993.7. M. E. Parten, "Design and Research in Project Laboratories,” Proceedings of Engineering Education: Curriculum Innovation and Integration, Engineering Foundation Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, January 1992.8. M. E. Parten, "Design in the Electrical Engineering Laboratory," 1988 ASEE Gulf-Southwest

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Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

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Women in Engineering

as a result can make quickdecisions regarding curricular changes. In this sense, ETIs are the ideal locations to test newcurricular ideas and pedagogical techniques. For example, many of the pedagogical reformssuggested by the NAE report “Educating the Engineer of 2020”2 can, in principle, be more easilyand quickly implemented by ETIs. Most importantly, ETIs have a single focus on teachingundergraduates. At my current institution, for example, this is the sole source of income forinstitution (we accept no federal or state money). Thus, it is essential to develop faculty intoexcellent teachers and to continually improve curriculum and teaching facilities. In other words,it is what we do and are expected to do.We do an excellent job educating

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Crosby, Southern University; Samuel Ibekwe, Southern University; Guoqiang Li, Southern University; Su-Seng Pang, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge; Kun Lian, Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD)

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Minorities in Engineering

education activities will be disseminated through the development ofinterdisciplinary and cutting edge science/technology based curriculum, involvement of theundergraduate and graduate students in the year-round research projects, exposure of the state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, workshops for integrating computer and simulation techniquesand through community services that involve high school students. With the active involvementof the investigators who are responsible for propagating the technology and knowledge obtainedfrom this project into class teaching, mentoring, students advising and human resourcedevelopment. The team hopes it is preparing and educating the next generation of highly skilledpersonnel that can be successfully